YKYK.VA – Selfmade {YKYK018}

Artist: YKYK.VA
Title:
Selfmade
Label:
 Yuki Yaki
Catalog #:
YKYK018
Release Date:
2009/11/11


Yuki Yaki’s 4th anniversary –
four years, three peoples, two cities, one idea.


Tracklist:
01 – ’82nd ave – Heavyweight [MP3] [OGG]
02 – Dimitar Dodovski – Particle System [MP3] [OGG]
03 – Humeka – Cycle Cycle [MP3] [OGG]
04 – Absolute Time – Aristotle [MP3] [OGG]
05 – Scaff – Jacke wie Hose [MP3] [OGG]
06 – Stuub – Loow Ered [MP3] [OGG]
07 – Josif – A.D.D [MP3] [OGG]
08 – Zzzzra – Sans Foi Ni Loi [MP3] [OGG]
09 – Glander – Woolen Thoughts [MP3] [OGG]
10 – Emmerichk – Teseracto [MP3] [OGG]
11 – choenyi – The International Room [MP3] [OGG]

Artwork:
Thumbnail
Front Cover
Back Cover

Additional Files:
Flash [SWF]
Info [TXT]


License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)


Humeka – Densité Matérielle {YKYK015}

Artist: Humeka
Title:
Densité Matérielle
Label:
 Yuki Yaki
Catalog #:
YKYK015
Release Date:
2008/11/30


Humeka claims he has never been eager to re-invent music but to find his own interpretation of Techno, House, Dub and Ambient. And there is hardly a better description for his first release on Yuki Yaki.
The six tracks and the remixes clearly state his love for sharp and crispy clicks and cuts wrapped in best Electronica classicism while his bias in beats seems to lead more into dry desert landscapes of minimal house and dub techno.
An eerie sense of ambience and deepness is wobbling through the twisted house chords and shattered melodies but in spite of all these disharmonic moods you will always feel tempted to start moving your feet.
Besides the bunch of soul mates who has done the remixes apparently understood their French friend quite well.


Credits:
original coverphoto by Nils Clauss
The cover is part of the Nils Clauss ShowCase on Yuki Yaki.


Tracklist:
01 – Analeptic Act [MP3] [OGG]
02 – La Conjoncture Actuelle [MP3] [OGG]
03 – Maison Beat Vodka [MP3] [OGG]
04 – Elephant Haunting Season [MP3] [OGG]
05 – Une Nouvelle Conjoncture [MP3] [OGG]
06 – Project7 [MP3] [OGG]
07 – Maison Beat Vodka (’82nd ave Remix) [MP3] [OGG]
08 – La Conjoncture Actuelle (Absolute Time Remix) [MP3] [OGG]
09 – Analeptic Act (Plakto Remix) [MP3] [OGG]
10 – La Conjoncture Actuelle (Glander Remix) [MP3] [OGG]
11 – Maison Beat Vodka (Coppice Halifax Remix) [MP3] [OGG]
12 – Project7 (Glander Rework) [MP3] [OGG]

Artwork:
Thumbnail
Front Cover
Back Cover

Additional Files:
Flash [SWF]
Info [TXT]


License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)


V/A – Histeresis {[FILTRO.020]}

Artist: V/A
Title:
Histeresis
Label:
 Filtro
Catalog #:
[FILTRO.020]
Release Date:
2007/05/28


Nuestro lanzamiento número veinte es similar al primero: plantea una panorámica del estado de las cosas en la electrónica minimalista y glitchy. Histéresis es una trayectoria trazada desde planteamientos intimistas y atmosféricos hasta llegar a beats urbanos, sin dejar de flirtear por momentos con un dancefloor alternativo, con la participación de doce artistas de México, Chile, Japón y Estados Unidos.

We have come to our 20th release in a similar way as in our beginning like a label: establishing a panoramic view of things in minimalistic and glitchy electronics produced in an independent context. Histeresis is a drawn trajectory framing intimist and atmospheric set ups to urban beats, flirting in some moments with an alternative dance floor. Twelve artists from México, Chile, Japan and USA are represented here.

Llegamos a nuestro lanzamiento número veinte de una manera parecida a nuestro inicio como sello: planteando una panorámica del estado de las cosas en la electrónica minimalista y glitchy producida de manera independiente. El tiempo ha pasado, y en esta música, algunos recursos sonoros que fueron fines, ahora son medios. Histéresis es una trayectoria trazada desde planteamientos intimistas y atmosféricos hasta llegar a beats urbanos, sin dejar de flirtear por momentos con un dancefloor alternativo.

El disco arranca con los susurros postdigitales de “Ella hablaba en RGB”, de El Lazo Invisible: …”ella solo hablaba RGB, a tres canales, frente a un monitor continuamente disponible. -Tus opciones son 3-, me decía, la mañana es un lindo vector de color”… En un continuo que parece darse de manera natural, Meiker colorea de atardecer el camino con “Naranja (That Nostalgic Feeling)” para llegar a la textura sónica de los últimos pensamientos del día con “Sinking downwards in dire ruin (f.ss)” de Bifidus, quien continúa asignándole un sonido al estado intermedio entre el sueño y la vigía. Insecto, desde Chile, nos pone en “Miternu” dentro una arena compleja llena de colapsos rítmicos, texturas y melodías microscópicas.

Rivel, con “Back Again” nos ha dado uno de sus mejores tracks: un jardín dubby submarino de senderos que se bifurcan al unísono dentro de su propia lógica. “Dodecafucked” de Subnor es ese idm cinematográfico que construye un cortometraje imaginario con el timing perfecto. Emmerichk en “Maquiventa”, forma también una verdadera narrativa de aires contemplativos y complejidades en tránsito constante hacia nuevas formas. “Photon”, de Absolut Time es una pieza que busca alejarse del minimal tal como lo conocemos hoy en día y nos hace suspirar un poco por los noventa. Antiguo Autómata Mexicano en “Bad Japanese Movie” nos coloca en medio de un cluster de texturas que sirve de camuflaje a ritmos que fluyen por debajo de un denso entramado residual. Zofa, en “Cycles” hace gala de su habilidad para dejarnos en medio de un campo de tensiones irresolutas que inquietan al oído.

El fin de Histéresis se aproxima con nuestros amigos chilenos de Manziping, “Despuésde usted señor” esconde, detrás de su título amable, una tormenta de beats, asaltos de bajo y problemas con la recepción de una señal de radio, todo esto tendido sobre una atmósfera que al igual que ciertas variaciones climáticas, parece avisarnos sutilmente sobre lo que se aproxima desde el inicio. Kampión, el hombre que le ha dado la vuelta de tuerca más reciente al hip hop en México, cierra con Dreamy Snapshot, una impresionante colaboración entre MC Domer y el campeón del hip hop digitalmente corrompido.

Filtro está de vuelta.

We have come to our 20th release in a similar way as in our beginning like a label: establishing a panoramic view of things in minimalistic and glitchy electronics produced in an independent context. Histeresis is a drawn trajectory framing intimist and atmospheric set ups to urban beats, flirting in some moments with an alternative dance floor.

Our Release begins with the post digital whisperings from “Ella hablaba en RGB”, of El Lazo Invisible:..”she only speaks RGB, in 3 channels, infront of a screen continuosly available.-You have 3 options –she used to tell me, morning is a nice colourfull vector”.. Like a natural flow, Meiker paints this release with the colors of a warm evening with his track “Naranja (That Nostalgic Feeling)”. We arribe to last thoughts of the day sonic textures with “Sinking downwards in dire ruin (f.ss)” a Bifidus’ track that like his previous work, gives a sound to that state between being awake and being asleep. Insecto from Chile, situate us inside an arena where rhythmic collapses, textures and microscopic melodies clash between themselves.

Rivel, with “Back again” gave us one of his best tracks to date: an undersea dubby garden with paths that bifurcates at unison into his own very logic. “Dodecafuced” by Subnor is a very cinematographic IDM that constructs an imaginary short-film with perfect timing. Emmerichk with “Maquiventa” also forms a narrative with true contemplative thoughts in constant transitions to new forms. AAM with “Bad japanese movie” place us in the middle of a cluster of textures that works as a camouflage to rhythms floating under a dense residual scheme. zofa in cycles makes display of his ability to leave us in the middle of a field of unsolved tensions that unease the listener. “Photon” by Absolute time is a piece that searches getting away from the minimal as we know it and make us sigh a little bit for the nineties.

Histéresis nearly finishes with Manziping, our friends from Chile. “Después de usted señor” hides within its gentle title a store formed with beats, bass assaults and some problems with catching a radio signal, all of this over an atmosphere which, like some climatic variations, warns us from things to come. Kampión, the man that has changad the FACE of mexican hip hop forever, closes with “Dreamy Snapshot” an impressive collaboration between MC Domer and digitally corrupted hip hop champion.

Filtro is back!


Tracklist:
01 – El Lazo invisibleElla hablabla en rgb
02 – MeikerNaranja (That Nostalgic feeling)
03 – BifidusSinking downwards in dire ruin (f.ss)
04 – InsectoMiternu
05 – RivelBack again
06 – SubnorDodekafucked
07 – EmmerichkMaquiventa
08 – Absolute timePhoton
09 – AAMBad Japanese movie
10 – ZofaCycles
11 – ManzipingDespues de usted señor
12 – kampionDreamy Snapshot

Artwork:
Front Cover


License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)


Absolute Time – An Ocean Bed EP {[FILTRO.017]}

Artist: Absolute Time
Title:
An Ocean Bed EP
Label:
 Filtro
Catalog #:
[FILTRO.017]
Release Date:
2006/04/28


Desde Osaka, Absolut Time nos entrega fragmentada y bailable alimentada por los elementos básicos del dub digital que alcanza un nivel de refinamiento inusitado en la escena del dub techno. Un océano de texturas vidriosas, distorsiones y beats que en conjunto esculpen una vibra espiral rítmica y atmósferica de gran precisión y belleza. Este EP incluye 4 remixes de Karras in dub, Plug, Subnor y Emmerichk.

Straight from Osaka, Absoult Time presents fragmented and danceable music, feeded with the basic elements from digital dub. This music rises unto a few times seen level of richnes and sofistication inside the dubtech scene. An ocean of vitreous textures, distortions and beats that altogether carve a spiral vibe, rythmical and atmóspheric, with high accuracy and beauty. This EP includes4 remixes from Karras in dub, Plug, Subnor and Emmerichk.

Absolute Time, es el primer artista de orígen asiático que se integra al catálogo de Filtro para exponer una propuesta fragmentada y bailable, originaria de los territorios del dub digital de Osaka.

Ocean Bed EP es un trabajo sumergido en texturas vidriosas y precisas, distorsiones y beats, ecos y espirales que en conjunto esculpen una vibra rítmica y atmósferica. Un manifiesto sónico que identifica los territorios comúnes de las contradicciones del sonido minimalista: cálido y glaciar, técnico y orgánico, bailable y narrativo .

El arte, el ego y el dub son los elementos que según Akihiro Kogishi – utilizó en la creación de su EP debut. “Ocean Bed” es el track que nos sitúa en un contexto helado y fantástico, el cual es interferido por frecuencias erróneas , loops y ecos que dan paso al beat estilizado de “Circle and Spiral”; donde las variaciones sonoras logran crear un ambiente de mayor nitidez y hacen más evidente el beat dubsesco. Finalmente, “Iceland” , es un lienzo sonoro formado por bajos infinitos y beats cristalizados que logran crear una imagen épica de un lugar desconocido para la retina, pero familiar para nuestra percepción: el groove.

Artistas de Filtro se involucran a esta realización por medio de 4 remixes que manifiestan el estilo sonoro que nuestro sello pretende consolidar. Utilizando como hilo conductor las cualidades más bailables de este EP, Plug decide utilizar técnicas clásicas del dub desde una perspectiva digital, recreando una versión de “Circle and Spiral”, sin hacer uso del material original. Emmerick nos ofrece una recontrucción total del sonido de Absolute Time que se aleja de la estructura original por completo, reiventándo “Ocean Bed” a través de un sofisticado abuso de clicks&cuts. Abordando la narrativa de “Circle and Spiral” , desde una perspectiva bailable más oscura, Subnor explora los ritmos del dub enfoncándose a sus frecuencias más mínimas. Finalmente, Karras rescata los elementos clásicos del roots y el dub, para amplificar la resonancia melódica y la sensualidad de “Iceland”, logrando maximizar la experiencia sensorial de este track.

Absolute Time is the first asian artist that joins the Filtro catalogue, to exhibit a fragmented and danceable proposal, forged in the lands of digital dub in Osaka.

Ocean Bed EP is a work that deep dives through glassy and precise textures, beats and distorsions, ehoes and spirals that sculpt a rythmic and atmospheric vibe. A sonic manifiesto that identifies the common places between the contradicctions of the minimal sound: warm and icy, technic as well as organic, narrative and danceable.

Art, ego and dub are the elements that according with Akihiro Kogishi, used in the production of his EP debut. “Ocean Bed” is the track that set us in a gelid and fantastic scenary, interfered by glitchs, loops and echoes that opens space to the stylized beat of “Circle and Spiral”, where the variations of sound, shapes a crystal clear atmosphere that makes the dubsesque beat more evident. Finally, “Iceland” is an audio canvas made of infinite bass and glassy beats, powerfull enough to sketch an epic image of an unknown place to our sight and yet familiar to our perception: the groove.

FIltro’s artists get involved in this production through four remixes that express the sound style that we are looking for as a label. Using the dance quailities of this album as excuse, Plug uses the classic dub techniques from a digital perspective, developing another side of “Circle and Spiral” without using the original source. Emmerick, rebuilds from scratch the sound of Absolute Time, taking a great distance from the original track that allowes him to stylize the track through the abuse of sophisticated clicks&cuts. Subnor, decided to approach “Circles and Spirals” from an oscure panorama of IDM, that allows him to explore the dub groove, focusing in it’s minimal frecuencies. Finally Karras, rescued the classic elements of the roots and the dub, in order to amplify the melodious reverb and sensuality of “Iceland”, -achieving in this way- a greater sensorial experience of the track.


Tracklist:
01 – Circle and Spiral
02 – Iceland
03 – An Ocean Bed
04 – Circle and Spiral (Plug Mix)
05 – Iceland (Karras in dub Mix)
06 – Circle and Spiral (Subnor Mix)
07 – An Ocean Bed (Emmerichk Mix)

Artwork:
Front Cover


License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)